ADAMS, CLARENCE ORVAN: 1893-

Born near Reynolds, Ind., on Feb. 19,
1893,
Clarence Orvan Adams
attended high school in Monticello, Ind. He studied at Valparaiso University;
taught school for two years; and moved to Gary, Ind., in
1915. After serving in World War I, he was a salesman for
several years and became a relief investigator during the depression in the 1930
S. Adams was the first manager of the Goodwill
Industries and in 1957 was working in the steel
mills of
Gary
. He is a past vice president of the American Poetry
League and he and his wife have judged some of that organization's
contests. In 1950 they organized the Indiana Council
for the Appreciation of Poetry.